Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anypotheton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: any-po-theton
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An idea which is discovered to be true in itself, or which supports itself; that which is absolutely or necessarily true; as opposed to a hypothesis requiring further support. The result or conclusion of a philosophical argument or investigation according to Plato's "hypothetical method."

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Only the supreme science, dialectics, attempts to justify these hypotheses by reducing them to the first principle, the Good, which is itself anypotheton, unconditional."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ανυπόθετον (anupótheton), negation of Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument, supposition”, literally “a placing under”), itself from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *dʰeh₁-, ανυπόθετον, ὑπόθεσις

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

[the] unhypothetical [the] unconditional

Antonyms

hypothesis supposition

Questions

What does anypotheton mean?: An idea which is discovered to be true in itself, or which supports itself; that which is absolutely or necessarily true; as opposed to a hypothesis requiring further support. The result or conclusion of a philosophical argument or investigation according to Plato's "hypothetical method."
Where does anypotheton come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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